The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic left orchiodynia is due to an injury sustained in service.,New evidence submitted supports reopening of the claim for service connection for a headache disorder. The reopened claim will be addressed further.
The deciding factor: The new evidence presented is significant as it provides a diagnosis of a migraine headache, which was not previously considered in the December 1980 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Left Orchiodynia, Headache Disorder (Migraine)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0205077
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, headache disorder, and vision disorder as these conditions are not shown to be related to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches had their onset in service and are considered to be directly related to his military service, warranting service connection.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected headache disorder, including migraines associated with residuals of a neck injury, is rated at 30 percent. The Board finds the evidence supports an increase to 50 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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